South Africa’s High Court rejects white farmers’ challenge to land expropriation plans

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2 December, 2018, 4:27 am

FILE PHOTO: A 'No entry sign' is seen at an entrance of a farm outside Witbank, Mpumalanga province, South Africa July 13, 2018. Picture taken July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s High Court rejected a legal challenge on Friday brought by a group representing white farmers against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plans for land expropriation without compensation. Land is a hot-button issue in South Africa where racial inequality remains entrenched more than two decades after the end of apartheid when millions […]